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“I spent a lot of time alone, before. I didn't realise how important it was to really have someone. To have someone who would just- who would kill for you. You know?”

Book:The Serpent and the Wings of Night

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The Serpent and the Wings of Night

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“Perplexed and unhappy she would seek out her father on all social occasions and would sit down beside him. Like a very small child this large muscular creature would sit down beside him because she felt lonely, and because youth most rightly resents isolation, and because she had not yet learnt her hard lesson—she had not yet learnt that the loneliest place in this world is the no-man's-land of sex.”

Loneliness Safety Gender Parents Isolation Fathers

Book:The Well Of Loneliness

Source: The Well Of Loneliness

“What am I supposed to do? Listen, Anna, we all try to get noticed. All the time. Everywhere. That’s lige. Especially for people like us. If the others, don’t notice us, we disappear.”

Loneliness Thoughts Legacy Sexism

Book:Sisters of the Lost Nation

Source: Sisters of the Lost Nation

“I wanted to hold on to the house the way you'd hold on to a love letter. It was proof that I had not always been completely alone in this world. But I think I was also holding on to the loss, to the emptiness of the house itself, as though to confirm it was better to be alone than to be stuck with people who were supposed to love you, yet couldn’t.”

Loneliness Grief And Loss

Book:My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Source: My Year of Rest and Relaxation

“Jestem sama we wrogim świecie. Ludzka twarz jest odrażająca. To dobrze. Chcę rozgłosu i przemocy, i chcę się roztrzaskać jak kamień o skały. Lubię kominy fabryczne i dźwigi, i ciężarówki. Lubię pochody twarzy i twarzy, i twarzy, zniekształconych, obojętnych. Mam dość ładności. Mam dość odosobnienia. Unoszę się na wzburzonej wodzie i zatonę, i nikt mnie nie uratuje.”

Loneliness Nihilism Decadence Impressionism Turpism

Book:The Waves

Source: The Waves

“And the solitude whistles in my ears the song of freedom.”

Song Quotes Loneliness Solitude Freedom Quotes Aloneness Solitude Quotes Whistle

Author:Bhuwan Thapaliya

“In my younger days, I craved for love more than I craved for weed. Then I realised that weed is easier to get than love.”

Love Loneliness Addiction Weed

Book:Lair Of The Monster

Source: Lair Of The Monster

“The indifference of Decembral littoral suits my forlorn mood for I am a sad woman by nature, no doubt about that; how unhappy I should be in a happy world!”

Loneliness Fireworks Angela Carter

Book:Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces

Source: Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces

“When you live other people’s moments for them it slowly makes your own moments less meaningful.”

Moments Loneliness Isolation Absract Momenteering Reekie

Book:Momenteering: The Misadventures of Living Other People's Moments

Source: Momenteering: The Misadventures of Living Other People's Moments

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